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sweatbox

[ swet-boks ]
/ ˈswɛtˌbɒks /
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noun
a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
any uncomfortably warm room or environment.
a box or cell in which a prisoner is punished or given the third degree.
a device for removing moisture from tobacco leaves, figs, raisins, etc.
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Origin of sweatbox

First recorded in 1870–75; sweat + box1

Words nearby sweatbox

swear word, sweat, sweatband, sweat bee, sweat blood, sweatbox, sweat bullets, sweated, sweat equity, sweater, sweatercoat
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Words related to sweatbox

muggy, stifling, suffocating, sultry, torrid, airless, close, heavy, overpowering, steam bath, steamy, sticky, stuffy

British Dictionary definitions for sweatbox

sweatbox
/ (ˈswɛtˌbɒks) /
noun
a device for causing tobacco leaves, fruit, or hides to sweat
a very small pen or cubicle where a pig is fattened intensively
informal, mainly US a narrow room or cell for a prisoner
informal any place where a person sweats on account of confinement, heat, etc
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